My wife, a band director, asked me to construct a coffee beer tasting next month after her concert festival, which is a very stressful day for her. Hell, she doesn't really like beer at all, but for some reason, she really digs the coffee beer thing. Being the good hubby that I am, I gathered some nuggets to enjoy. I have multiples of many of these in case some of her band director peeps decide to join us (and evidence so far points to the fact that they will). The more, the merrier!

Sure, I know Speedway isn't commonly identified as a coffee brew, but since my wife is not a beer lover to begin with, I thought I would include it since it's a great beer that I think she will like.

New Glarus Coffee Stout- crazy good flavor for under 6%
FBS - Classic
Pearl Street Jahva Lava- Never had a beer that tasted that much like coffee
Dark Horse Perkulator
KBS - Good, to expensive and the coffee gets over powered

Will be recieving Terrapin Wake and Bake soon so things could change I suppose!

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Hell ya to the Pearl Street shout out. Went to school at UW-LAX and frequented Pearl Street OFTEN!

Hell ya to the Pearl Street shout out. Went to school at UW-LAX and frequented Pearl Street OFTEN!

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Have you had the Jahva Lava? If not, it is tap only, but it is unreal if you a beer with flavor of basically coffee but the mouthfeel of a good thick stout. I could drink it all the time if they would bottle it!

Have you had the Jahva Lava? If not, it is tap only, but it is unreal if you a beer with flavor of basically coffee but the mouthfeel of a good thick stout. I could drink it all the time if they would bottle it!

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I have had it many times! Your description hits it right on the head. It's a tasty brew! They have deals where if you ride your bike in on wed night your first pint is free, and that's anything they have on tap. Same deal for when you bring in a receipt of buying a six pack. Bring back 10 empty 6 pack cases and they'll fill your growler! Needless to say I have had it often! Their Dankenstein IIPA is also fantastic on tap, but no so much bottled. Jahva Lava and the Dank are my go-tos when they are on tap!

Empire Brewing Company's Local Grind was a surprisingly really, really good beer—it's a 7ish% brown ale brewed with locally roasted coffee, if I'm not mistaken. Not sure that it's been reviewed and added to the site, though.

New Glarus Coffee Stout- crazy good flavor for under 6%
FBS - Classic
Pearl Street Jahva Lava- Never had a beer that tasted that much like coffee
Dark Horse Perkulator
KBS - Good, to expensive and the coffee gets over powered

Will be recieving Terrapin Wake and Bake soon so things could change I suppose!

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I just had some of the Dark Horse Perkulator Diopplebock tonight and I'd forgotten how good that beer is. Loved it!

I just had some of the Dark Horse Perkulator Diopplebock tonight and I'd forgotten how good that beer is. Loved it!

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Me to, we get Dark Horse here but our distributor for whatever reason is very selective of what we get.... I just happened to grab it on my way through a city an hour away on my way to an appointment. I wish more breweries would see how coffee goes with non stout/porter beers because something about that beer was just great to me!

I noticed that someone mentioned Big Bad Baptist on tap. I had it via bomber a few months ago, and I immediately went back the following day to purchase a case. It is extremely coffee-forward and, though it's rated very highly on this site, I still think it is underrated - one of the best beers I've ever consumed.